Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is
a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the
Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Seeing comes
before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.'
'But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before
words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding
world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo
the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we
see and what we know is never settled.' John Berger's Ways of
Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art
in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC
television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented:
'This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on
how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the
way you look at pictures.' By now he has. John Berger (b. 1926) is
an art critic, painter and novelist.born in Hackney, London. His
novel G. (1972) won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and
the Booker Prize. If you enjoyed Ways of Seeing, you might like
Susan Sontag's On Photography, also available in Penguin Modern
Classics. 'Berger has the ability to cut right through the
mystification of professional art critics ... he is a liberator of
images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us
directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful
evaluation' Peter Fuller, Arts Review 'The influence of the series
and the book ... was enormous ... It opened up for general
attention areas of cultural study that are now commonplace' Geoff
Dyer in Ways of Telling 'One of the most influential intellectuals
of our time' Observer
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Penguin Modern Classics |
Release date: |
September 2008 |
First published: |
March 2009 |
Authors: |
John Berger
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Dimensions: |
180 x 109 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
165 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-14-103579-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
The arts: general issues >
Theory of art
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LSN: |
0-14-103579-X |
Barcode: |
9780141035796 |
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